Great, Now We've Got 'Seagans' To Deal With"

Well, it’s not okay. Cramer and McComsey’s position is devoid of a moral element, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t one. It just means they’ve assumed animals to be things . There is no moral difference between aquatic animals and any other animals. They are all sentient beings with the moral right not to be used as resources. Our exploitation of them is entirely unnecessary – we inflict suffering and death upon them for no other reason than we like how they taste. But pleasure is not a sufficient justification for inflicting suffering and death. ‘Seaganism’ attempts to assert that there is a health component to the argument for consuming seafood. But that argument is utterly irrelevant when we can live optimally healthy (and in many cases, healthier) lives without inflicting suffering and death. When we recognise that sentient beings have moral value, and that our actions...